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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-04-19, Page 1Pee woes win rovincial cu A VICTORY PARADE — An impromptu parade toured the streets of Exeter Sunday night when the Exeter Legion Auxiliary pee wees returned from Huntsville with the OMHA championshiptrophy.ln the top picture the fire truck carrying players and fathers heads south on Main Street T-A photo position. To help the club to the weekend wins in Huntsville more than 60 Exeter fans were in attendance and created more noise than the hometown fans. In addition to Huntsville, the other clubs which fell to the newly crowned champions in t he playoffs were St. Marys, London South, Delhi and Niagara-on-the- Lake. Further stories and pictures of the pee wee success appear on the inside sports pages of this issue. Hayter replaces Riddell as school board trustee WE ARE NUMBER ONE — Immediately following Sunday's OHMA championship win in Huntsville, members of the Exeter Legion Auxiliary pee wees enthusiastically congratulated each other. T-A photo A GOOD CHEERING SECTION - The Exeter pee wees received plenty of vocal support from their fans in Huntsville Sunday afternoon when they won the OMHA Pee Wee "B" championship. Shown above with a "Go Exeter" banner are from the left, Pat Brooks, Anne Mercer, Audrey The streets of Exeter resounded with band music, fire sirens, horn tooting and loud cheering about nine o'clock Sunday evening. There was a reason and it was happy one. The Exeter Legion. Ladies Auxiliary pee wees had just returned from Huntsville with the all-Ontario pee wee "B" championship, Shortly after the ariival of the team bus, the players and their fathers were loaded on the town fire truck and the mothers rode in the rescue truck from the arena to Huron street and then back to the Legion hall. The pee wee club swept a Pail' of weekend games in Huntsville to take the OMHA championship final in three straight games. After a close 6-5 win Saturday, the local youngsters scored a decisive 9-3 win Sunday afternoon to end the season on a cheerful note. The final series opened at the Exeter arena a week earlier with the Exeter club scoring a 6-4 decision on two late third period goals, Down the playoff trail, the 12 years and under youngsters won 14 of 15 playoff games. The only loss was to Delhi in overtime. In scoring 14 wins they scored a total of 109 goals while only allowing 38 goals to the Op- - Pooley, Marie Fisher, Joyce Preszcator, Elaine Skinner, Gayle Skinner, Tracey Woods, Marlene Parsons, Betty Glanville, Dorothy Taylor, Wayne Parsons and Kevin Parsons. T-A photo, its by-laws are in the process of being reviewed. As a member of this review committee she will have a chance to put forth her views to the other committee members, and in that way will have it brought forward when the board is asked to make a decision on all board policies and by-laws in about two months. "People know what is on my mind and they will have two months to think about it," Mrs. Wallace stated. Dashwood firm into production One Hundred and First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 19, 1973 Price Per Copy 20 Cents The wheels started turning at Tillotson Plastics Ltd. in Dash- wood on Monday and president of the firm, Ron Tillotson, said he is very pleased with the way things are shaping up, Initially, work at the plant will be part of a training program for the employees, nine men and one woman. This includes three men Harry Hayter, Dashwood, was appointed Monday to fill the vacancy on the Huron County Board of Education created by the resignation of Jack Riddell. Mr. Riddell was elected on March 15 as the Liberal member in the Ontario Legislature for the riding of Huron, Mr. Hayter, a turkey farmer, will represent the townships of Usborne and Stephen, as well as the Town of Exeter. Clarence McDonald of Exeter is the other representative for this area. The board also approved the appointment of Herbert Murphy of Goderich as vice-principal at South Huron District High School, Exeter, effective Sep- tember 1. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Morley C. Sanders after 32 years of teaching in Huron County, Mr. Murphy, who is presently vice-principal at Seaforth District High School, will be replaced by Bruce Shaw of Exeter, now head of the English Department at South Huron High Sc hoot, Shaw, a member of Exeter Council, indicated he would maintain his residence in this community and commute to Seaforth. Mrs. J.W. Wallace, board member from Goderich, with- drew a motion she was prepared to make to ask the board to rescind an October 16, 1971, resolution that organized the board into standing committees, and return to its original format of meeting in full and regular meetings twice each month, and any matters requiring ex- traordinary attention be delegated to ad hoc committees, Mrs, Wallace considered the original setup of the board of- fered better communications among members and between the board and the public. It had established with the board in January, 1969, two monthly open meetings and made provisions for committee of the whole ,meetings and cbmmittee of the whole in camera meetings, Since October, 1971, the board has been operating under five standing committees and holding one open meeting a month, a system that was devised in an attempt to make fewer meetings necessary for members to attend. Before Mrs. Wallace made her motion, E,C. Hill, board chair- man, drew to the attention of the members that the by-laws of the board required a two-thirds majority vote of the members present to place the topic on the floor. When it was drawn to Mrs. Wallace's attention that if majority was not met she would have to wait until 1974 to again place the motion before the board, she withdrew the motion. She did this in view of the fact that all policies of the board and Blaze destroys chicken barn, firemen save nearby structure from the main plant of the plastics firm situated in Weston. The new Dashwood company makes extrusion products for Dashwood Industries, things such as tracks for windows and weather strips. Mr. Tillotson said they hope to produce other products before the end of the yedr. He told the T-A that the Dash- wood site could eventually be as big as the Weston plant, which is • A large poultry barn on the township a mile and a half north Two drivers, cyclist hurt in area crashes 19,000 square feet, plus an outside warehouse of 25,000 feet. The Weston plant employs 45 people, Considering the possibility of expansions in Weston, however, Mr. Tillotson said it was far too early to predict whether the Dashwood plant would compare in size to that in Weston, Eventually, the Dashwood firm hopes to employ about 40 persons. farm of Peter Boersma in Hay of Highway 83. In a similar oc- township was complett., y ; c'47;•,1' nice a barn on the farm of destroyed by fire Monday his brother Jerry was destroyed morning, by fire early in 1971, also on the The fire was first noticed about same towttship road. nine o'clock by the owner. He saw smoke coming out of a fan at the west end of the 75 foot by 36 foot building and quickly hollered at his wife to call the Exeter fire department. Boersma entered the barn but was stopped from entering the third floor of the four floor structure by dense smoke. Firemen on their arrival were also unable to get close to the flames which were on the upper floors, A larger barn located several hundred feet to the north of the barn lost in the fire was saved by firemen, In the early moments of the blaze, a strong south wind blew the flames and smoke in the direction of the .other building, One motorist and a young cyclist were injured in accidents less than an hour apart Wed- nesday. At 5:40 p.m., a car driven by James Johnstone, Parkhill, skidded out of control on High- way 81 at Greenway and rolled onto its roof. The driver was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in London for treatment of cuts and bruises. Damage was listed at $1,800 by OPP Constable Dale Lamont, Less than an hour later, a car driven by Edward Thiel was in collision with a bicycle operated by Timothy Bushfield, age 11, of Crediton. The accident occurred just east of Crediton and the youngster was taken to the Grand Bend POULTRY BARN DESTROYED — A large chicken barn on the farm of Peter Boersma in Hay township was destroyed by fire Monday morning. The Exeter fire brigade was able to save an adjoining building shown in the above picture. Wafer was also sprayed on a propane gas tank shown above. T-A photo PUC head, fuel agents say tax 'confusing, more work' everything from industry to a doctor's office; power, which basically includes the power demands of industries, but could include something like air con- ditioning; and domestic. "Right now, it looks like the domes tic customers are rise in the cost of these com- modities. And the money is going to have to come from someplace. Mr. Davis said that there is considerable confusion as to just who will be affected by the tax, and who will not, He explained that in Exeter, there are three classes of customers - com- mercial, which could include — Please turn to page 3 Boersma who was expecting some 15,000 baby chicks the same day said he turned on the brooders first thing in the mor- ning, had made a quick trip to breakfast. On his return he saw smoke coming from the building, Despite Monday's setback, the Boersma's are getting 21,000 baby chicks to be housed in the large building today, Thursday. During normal operations they raise 35,000 broilers four times a year. Boersma said it would cost approximately $35,000 to replace the building lost in the fire, He added, "I expect to rebuild, I'm too young to retire." The Boersma farm is located on Lot 6, Concession 2 in Hay Make no move to honor champs Exeter council gave no in- dication they would do anything to honor the local pee wee hockey team which won the Ontario championship this weekend, The subject was mentioned only briefly at Monday's meeting. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom broached the subject by noting the pee wees had won and won- dered if there would be a parade similar to that given the Ontario championship Hawks last year. He was told there had been a victory parade after the team arrived home Sunday night. Hoogenboom said he had been out of town. Last year, considerable debate arose when council discussed suggestions they honor the Hawks. They ended up giving the team $650 towards the purchase of jackets. There was no suggestion for such an award for the pee wees and the matter was quickly dropped after Hoogenboom's question regarding a parade. Medical Centre for treatment of minor cuts and bruises. Constable Frank Giffin in- vestigated, listing damage in the mishap at $25. On Friday at 4:50 a.m., a car driven by Earl Lippert, Crediton, collided with a mail box owned by Clement Jeffrey, Centralia. Lippert told police he had been forced off County Road 21 by an oncoming vehicle. Damage was estimated at $410 by Constable Ed Wilcox. The only other accident of the week occurred Saturday at 7:00 p.m. when a car driven by Donald Wildfong, Brucefield, skidded out of control on High- way 4 south of Kippen and collided with a culvert on the east side of the highway, Damage was listed at $1,000 by Constable Giffin and the driver sustained injuries in the crash, He was taken to London hospital for treatment. In the weekly press release, the Exeter OPP remind motorists it is unlawful to park a vehicle on the roadway. The roadway is that part of a street, road or highway normally travelled on by vehicles, Specifically, this means if any part of a vehicle protrudes on to the travelled portion, it can be a hazard and the police can require the owner to move it or have it towed away. Coach gets time for contemplating Exeter pee wee coach Lloyd Moore had plenty of time to himself Monday to think about the feat his team performed on the weekend in winning the Ontario championship. In fact, Moore had about two hours to himself — locked in the back of his potato chip truck. He had been delivering items at Grand Bend and was in the back of the truck when the wind blew the door shut, locking him inside, He said about seven cars pulled up beside his truck during the two hours, but none of the drivers paid any heed to his pounding on the truck, The eighth motorist on the scene heard the noise and helped the driver out of his truck. Stephen okay hunt with bows, arrows To levy penalty for work delay The contractor in charge of the Andrew St, construction will face a charge of $50 per day in "liquidation charges" for not completing the project by November 30. The $50-a-day levy convers seven days per week and will be charged for the entire month of December and starting from May 1 this year through to the com- pletion of the project, Council agreed not to charge the $50 for the days in January, February, March and April, although they were entitled to do so. This would result in a cost of some $6,000. alone. The recommendation for the levy was made by consulting engineer B.M. Ross, who suggested no charges be made for the four winter and spring months because it would not have been advantageous for the town to have the work underway during this time. Works superintendent Glenn Kells said council was letting VanBree Drainage and Bulldozingoff by not charging for the four months, but added that the other times should be counted in fairness to other contractors. He said one contractor didn't bid on the job because he didn't *feel he could complete it in time. "It's a good break," Councillor Tom MacMillan suggested in noting the charge could have been $6,000 More. Mayor Jack Delbridge had sent a suggestion to the meeting that council show some compassion in view of the adverse weather conditions with which the con- tractor had to contend in the fall. There was no estimate of how many more days it may take the contractor to complete the job, but the levy for December alone will cost him $1,550, "We have reached a certain standard of living in Canada and people will be very hesitant about reducing that by cutting back on their comforts," said Hugh Davis, chairman of the Exeter PUC. "By the time next fall comes, the shock of the extra tax will be worn off," said Art Clarke, area distributor for Shell Co. of Canada Ltd., "and they will be used to paying extra for home heating," Both men were referring to new tax measures proposed in Ontario Treasurer John White's budget last week. For the first time, the govern- ment is applying a seven percent tax on energy, including home and heat and electricity bills, The Exeter men were an- swering a suggestion by Mr. White that people should con- serve these commodities by turning down the thermostat and donning a sweater. Pigeons stolen in Kirkton area Five pigeons were among the loot made off with by thieves in the area this week. The birds were owned by Mary Lou Vandenbussche, RR 1 Kirkton, and were stolen on Sunday. They were valued at $50, About $5 in cash was taken from a soap dispensing machine at the Huron Park laundromat and a car owned by Frederick Campbell, Hensall, was stolen Saturday afternoon. The vehicle was recovered the following day. Polite are continuing their investigation into the theft of a pickup truck owned by Parker St Parker Drainage, Hensall, The 1997 Ford WAS reported stolen last Wednesday and still has not been recovered, Vacancy arises on GB council Monday night, Grand Bend council accepted with regret the resignation of councillor Ted Flint. Flint who was elected to council in December of 1972 has Grand Bend and is now employed iszol Isdtrhiatsfodrdru.g store business in In his letter of resignation Flint esaouriidchiilssna.ewt position would not allow him to do justice to his naming Coun a sso Council took action in RECEIVES PAINTING — Dr, G. R. Doidge, Coordinator of Animal Health Technology at Centralia College of Agricultural Technology, and Mrs. Doldoe, admire the painting of Dr. Doidoe presented to the college by the Alumni and students of Animal Health, The presentation was made at a small reception held at Huron Hail on April 10. NlOrM Hyde photo westerly end of the municipality. No word has been received as yet from the hearing several months ago on Stephen's ap- plication to operate their main dump on concession 5, Glenn Webb presented a 1973 budget in the amount of $1,100 for the Dashwood athletic field. The township has formed a recreation council and allotted a total budget of $3,500, Budgets have also been received from the other police villages of Crediton and Centralia. No action has been taken as yet on the requests, Seven tile drain loan ap- plications were approved to a total of $31,900, A municipal drain application from Peter revery and others in the Lot 5, Concession 7 area was referred to engineer C.P. Corbett for a survey and report. A petition was accepted for repair of the Isaac municipal drain. Drainage inspector Lorne Dietrich was asked to make a report, Stephen township Council has given approval for an open season on deer in Huron in 1973 as requested by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Hunting of deer in Huron would be restricted to those persons using bows and arrows as weapons. The Ministry has suggested the Even if these measures of deer season in Huron County be conservation were carried open from October 29 to through, however, it will be next November 25 of this year. to impossible for the Ontario At Tuesday's meeting of consumer to ignore the effect of council, Clerk Wilrhar Wein was the increased taxation. In ad- instructed to prepare a fireworks dition to the increase of their own belaw for the township. heating and electricity bills, The new law would restrict the critics of the new taxation sale of fireworks to persons Is measures said Tuesday that the years of age or more and prohibit tax will cost the taxpayer the setting off of fireworks on millions of dollars because it will public property, apply to public institutions such Approval has been received asIfsethhiosollss ttnedcalls6es,Paitnadisii the tax Environment to operate the from the Ontario Ministry of the affects things such as energy township dump at Lot 3, Con- required for street lighting, for cession 14 until July 81, 1979. example, the extra seven percent The township Wa4 instructed to is going to mean a considerable take steps to update the site at the